What is your frugal low? And what is your one holdout?
Posted by: KarenLynn Recently on the Frugal Families Boards we have had some discussion of safety concerns of people not seeking medical advice in the pursuit of frugality. I have not had to face that issue myself as of yet although if anyone understands the weight of medical bills on their shoulders I do. Last year in 2009 my family had 2 major hospitalizations, both of which involved huge prescription bills and months of follow up with specialists. I have had to change an already fairly frugal lifestyle to a much more frugal lifestyle with the exception of “movies”, my one last hold out. To me their is nothing like the movie on the big screen. I will give up eating out! I will give up clothing! I will give up handbags! But don’t take my cable, dvd rentals, or the rare visit to the big screen from me!
So I shared with my fellow frugalites at Frugal Families today that I found some powdered dish detergent in the garage that had solidified to a brick inside the box. Would you throw it out? Did I throw it out…of course NOT! I am a FRUGAL RENEGADE! So I peeled and I peeled the cardboard off around this brick and then I put it in a bowl and chopped it up with a butter knife and then I finally put it in some tupperware so I can use it. It was almost a full box. This took about 10 minutes…would you give 10 minutes to $2.00 worth of powdered dish detergent? Some might say that is my frugal low….but is their a frugal low per say? I think we have to say that their are things that would be considered a frugal low but to me this wasn’t one of them but for some that would be extreme. How do I know this? I know this because every time my husband and I go to drop recyling off people throw away detergent bottles that are still 1/3 of the way full and 2 liter bottles that are not finished so I know people do not always make sure to utilize all of their resources. Recently we found a pizza pan, a measuring cup, and a vase among other things…but that’s another story.
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